The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-29
A BOSTON BEAR GARDEN
A SCENE IN THE DEN OF THE STOCK
Il MANlPuLATORS.

Two Noted Knocker.Outs, James Multi
gan and John L. sullivan-The Houns
low Heath Of Boston-The Sad Story ol
Florence 6tOne-DOston Gossip.
f BosToN, July 81.
The smell Of powder was % the breath Of
life to that ardent Newspaper worker,
George H. Patch, military editor of The
Globe, who died Of pneumonia Tuesday.
He had earned q right to be q military en-.
thusiast, for though apparently in the prime
Of life, be was veteran who had seen
Spottsylvania and Gettysburg.
Every militiaman knew Patch, and at
their drills and state encampments his opin-
ion was constantly In request from officer,
private and spectator.
To him the formalities Of camp discipline,
details Of equipment and the bearing Of the
individual soldiers were OF absorbing inter-
est; the sham battle stirred his pulses and
department reports were acceptable mental
food. have long enjoyed his Decoration
day and Fourth Of July editorials in Tho
Globe, for those were the annual occasions
when he might spread HIMSELF at win,
and he usually extended his wings to the
utmost
With all this militarism Of his nature
went frank, CHEEKY manner which made
him q general favorite with his fellow
workers and the Thousands Of others who
knew him. He was once state commander
Of the Grand Army, and has long been an
earnest worker for that organization.
The brightest thing yet in base ball
reporting IL shown in The Indicator, q new
one-cent paper which issues tonight its first
edition, publishing the stories OF tho ball
games here and in New York and other
league cities ten or fifteen minutes after the
games are over. It uses cipher in tele-
graphing, and is likely to win popularity
and money.
Did you ever 60 into q stock exchange?
Probably few have any notion what .
bowling menagerie such place il. Few
out Of the thousands who pass the doors Of
the exchange here ever enter. ''Samr Of
Posen" Curtis in his latest play puts lot
Of supes behind the scenes to yell like brok-
ers excited over corner in wheat. Any
body who has heard that roaring bedlam
on the stage may imagine what the real
thing is like il he will add to the noise the
sight Of few score men clustering
around poles in the corners of the
stock pen, springing like jumping
jacks mopping their brows and rushing
around without any apparent aim. The
poles bear signs Of Wheat, Railroads,
/ Mir q, . etc. Green blackbaerds are coy
cred with fresh quotations, and some Of the
men about the poles are supposed to be
though who are selling and
who are temporarily acting as customers no
common mortal can guess. The only thing
evident is that there is no reason for the ex-
cirement The amount of business doesn't
justify it. 1t appears to be an obligatory
custom of the place, just as the end men of
. minstrel troupe feel bound to keep their
feet and lips moving when there is nothing
else to do.
The object of the shouting and contortlon
Is much the same as in the case of the end
men-to amuse the public and convince
them that they are getting their moneys
worth
There is an attempt at the present time
to boom the exchange. The brokers say
that Boston capital put two-thirds of the
speculative stocks where they are, and
Boston brokers ought to be the ones to
monkey with them. A proposition, which
probably won't amount to anything, is to
reduce brokers' commissions and increase
the membership, now $50. The seats are
now worth fit, 600 or $4,000.
Bosto- stock brokers are grumbling be-
cause mon is relatively tighter here than
in any large city of the country. Money
can be maintained at per cent. here for
week after it has gone down to and 4 per
cent in New York. It is charged that
some banks recently shipped over half
million of money to New York, for the
purpose of getting it out Of Boston and
keeping up the rate here. The brokers
claim that the stock business which they
have kept here by hard work will soon
q tendency to fly of again to New
York if the monetary situation here does
not soon adjust itself to that of the rest of
the country
Well, who cares9 Legitimate business
enterprises are not hampered for lack of
money and general business here will not
suffer if New York has all the fun of stock
The banks nearly all claim that money
rates will be firm up to the fall demand for
the moving of the crops, and they are deal
ing out as arguments to that effect the con-
traction of the currency, the demands of
the west, new railroad construction and the
activity of business
s~s
John L. Sullivan is still great attraction
to street crowds here. He cannot take q
stroll along any of the main streets without
being followed and stared at by scores. His
face and form are familiar to about every-
body, and there is local pride in the leader
Of the ring which extends over a large por-
lion of Massachusetts,. At the ball game
he is recognized by cheers, and the same
popular enthusiasm greets him wherever he
goes. When he enters store it is imme-
iiately crowded. and the throng follows him
into the hotel Office when he enters the
Adams house, where Pat Sheedy, his man.
ager is stopping.
The gold belt which is to be presented to
him at the Roston theater Aug. 8, is really
= magnificent article. 1t could not he
duplicated for less than 5000. The greatest
part of the money toward the cost of the |
belt has already been subscribed by sport |
ing men all over the country, and by none
more literally than those living in this
,ity. Among the Bostonians who have
given are Nat C. Goodwin $4OO, and Harry |
Dixey $500. The belt was made in New |
FORK and is studded with diamonds set in |
,old. 1t is to be given merely as a testi- |
nonial of admiration, and does not mark |
INV particular event of achievement